Chandelier-hook.



G- M. PITEL.

GHANDELIBR HOOK. APPLICATION FILED AUG; 31, 1908.

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CONRAD M. PITEL, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

CHANDELIER-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Application filed August 31, 1908. Serial No. 451,079.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD M. PITEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inChandelier-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the numerals of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1 a side view partly in section of a chandelier hook constructedin accordance with my invention and shown as supporting the top of anextension fixture in connection therewith, and a flexible gas pipeconnected with the nipple. Fig. 2 a sectional view on an enlarged scaleshowing the proper form of the swivel between the suspension member andthe nipple. Fig. 3 a side view partially in section illustrating amodified form ol" chandelier hook.

This invention relates to an improvement in chandelier hooks forextension chandeliers or hanging lamps, that is, hooks which are adaptedto be connected with the nipple of a gas pipe, and from which a gas orelectric fixture may be suspended.

In the usual construction of chandelier hooks, these hooks are rigidwith relation to the nipple, but in the use of extension fixtures forgas or electricity, the flexible conductor attached to the armprojecting from the nipple, is carried down at one side of the lamp, andit is desirable when the fixture is in its raised position, to wind theconductor around the band of the lamp, which is provided with hooks tosupport the conductor.

The object of this invention is to provide the nipple with a swivelmember so that the chandelier or lamp may be turned; and the inventionconsists in the construction hereinafter described and particularlyrecited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ a nipple 2 internally threaded andadapted to close the end of a gas pipe and provided with a tubular arm 3which may be a gas pipe or tube to hold electric light wires or flexibleconductors at one side of the chandelier. The lower end of the nipplehas a solid extension 4 and seated against the bottom of this extensionis a plate 5 having a downwardly extending externally threaded flange 6and formed with an internal bearing face 7 to rest upon a series ofballs 8 arranged in the groove 9 of a disk 10 which is secured to theextension l by a screw H. The suspension member 12 may be in the form ofa hook, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or in the form of an eye asshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and this member is cup-shaped at itsupper end and internally threaded to engage with the threads on theflange 6 and so that the suspension member is coupled with the plate 5which is free to be turned, bearing on the balls 8. Instead, however, ofproviding the antilriction balls 8 the plate 5 may be swiveled to theextension 4 by the screw 11 which will be turned into the extension 4 soas to bring the plate 5 substantially to a bearing against the lower endof the extension, yet leave it free to turn on the screw, as shown inFig. 3 of the drawings.

By the term chandelier hook as used, I wish to be understood asincluding either a hook proper or an eye.

I claim 1. A chandelier hook comprising an internally threaded nippleformed at its lower end with an extension, a plate swivelly connectedwith said extension, said plate formed with a downwardly extendingflange and a suspension member, cup-shaped at its upper end forengagement with the flange ol said plate, substantially as described.

2. A chandelier hook comprising an internally threaded nipple forattachment to a gas pipe formed at its lower end with an extension, adisk connected with. said extension, a plate between said disk andextension, said plate being formed with a downwardly extending flange,anti-friction balls located between the disk and plate, and a suspension member cup-shaped at its upper end for engagement with the flangeof said plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

CONRAD M. PIIEL.

Witnesses:

FREDERIG C. EARLE, CLARA L. WEED.

